Anthony Hopkins, 86, Plays Piano in Festive Christmas Video: 'Tis the Season to Be Jolly'

The Oscar winner joked he is free to perform at "weddings, birthdays, and special occasions" in his Christmas Day Instagram post

Dec 26, 2024 - 11:40
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Anthony Hopkins, 86, Plays Piano in Festive Christmas Video: 'Tis the Season to Be Jolly'

The Oscar winner joked he is free to perform at "weddings, birthdays, and special occasions" in his Christmas Day Instagram post

Anthony Hopkins/Instagram Anthony Hopkins via Instagram on Dec. 25, 2024

Anthony Hopkins/Instagram Anthony Hopkins via Instagram on Dec. 25, 2024

Anthony Hopkins is spreading Christmas cheer from his piano.

On Wednesday, Dec. 25, the Oscar winner, 86, shared a video of himself playing the piano on Instagram in celebration of Christmas Day.

"‘Tis the season to be jolly. Available for weddings, birthdays, and special occasions… FOR FUN AND FOR FREE," he wrote in a caption to the video.

Hopkins, known best for his role as the serial killer Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, posts updates on Instagram, where he can be seen dancing, working on his own musical compositions and spending time with friends and colleagues, like Ian McKellen.

Prior to his Christmas post, he shared a video of himself enjoying the chilly weather in England on Dec. 8. 

"Hello everyone. Good to be back here in jolly old England in this time of the year, the magic time of life. Autumn is over,"' he said, as he recited a poem about the changing of the seasons. "Home sweet home for the holidays," Hopkins added in a caption.

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Hopkins most recently appeared in the movies One Life, Freud's Last Session, Netflix's Rebel Moon films, Mary and the series Those About to Die in the last two years. 

When Hopkins last caught up with PEOPLE in January, he revealed he was writing his autobiography, while his wife Stella, 67, is separately making a documentary about his life. 

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David Livingston/Getty Anthony Hopkins on March 27, 2022

David Livingston/Getty Anthony Hopkins on March 27, 2022

“I realized how I'm blessed with one thing. Maybe it's my actor’s brain. I do have quite a memory,” he said at the time. “I remember days of months in the years."

Stella, Hopkins' wife of 20 years, has "carte blanche to [cover] everything" in her documentary. He said at the time he was not sure when the movie would release.  “I don't know. I don't ask her. It's quite a lot of film. I don't know when it's going to come out."